This list is as follows:
1. January: Launch of the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs. The number of electronic health records certified under the programs has increased from 300 in the beginning of 2011 to more than 1,500 now. The number of vendors has reached 672, more than three times its starting amount. In addition, more than 20,000 eligible professionals and 1,200 hospitals have received incentive payments from CMS, bringing the total to $1.8 billion.
Click here to read the full story in Becker’s Hospital Review on HIT growth in 2011.
